Vacancy factor (20 per cent)

The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 3.83 .

Kolwezi

Kamina

6. Notes with great concern the high vacancy rate in the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

During the reporting period, the overall average vacancy in the office was 12.5 per cent.

It therefore recommends that the vacancy delayed deployment rate be maintained at 10 per cent.

Tshikapa

Comment by the Administration. Efforts to reduce the vacancy rate are and should be ongoing without any particular time breaks.

The unspent balance of 30,000 relates to a higher than budgeted vacancy rate.

The increased requirement for Mission subsistence allowance derives from the lower average vacancy rate of 14.9 per cent compared to the 30 per cent vacancy factor applied to the calculation of Mission subsistence allowance costs.

The reduced requirements were due mainly to an overall actual vacancy rate of 18.2 per cent experienced for international staff, compared with an 8 per cent vacancy rate in the budget.

53. Reaffirms that the vacancy rate is a tool for budgetary calculations and should not be used to achieve budgetary savings

5. Notes with great concern that the high vacancy rate, particularly at the higher level of the administrative hierarchy, affects the effectiveness of the activities of the International Tribunal for Rwanda

The realized vacancy rate for the Professional category and above was 6.3 per cent, higher than the approved budgeted rate of 5.9 per cent, and the realized vacancy rate for the General Service category was 6.0 per cent, higher than the approved budgeted rate of 5.8 per cent (A 60 572, para.

High vacancy rates

c Cost estimates for 2005 06 are inclusive of a 5 vacancy rate compared to a 4 vacancy rate applied in 2004 05.

Concerning civilian personnel, the average vacancy rate for international staff, national staff and United Nations Volunteers was 32.8, 44.6 and 80.2 per cent, respectively.

The overall vacancy rate in the Department was 3.8 per cent compared to a budgeted vacancy rate of 6.5 per cent.

55. Decides that a vacancy rate of 6.5 per cent for Professional staff and 3.1 per cent for General Service staff shall be used as a basis for the calculation of the budget for the biennium 2002 2003

107. Regrets that the request contained in paragraph 123 of its resolution 54 249 to achieve a vacancy rate of no more than 5 per cent within the biennium 2000 2001 was not met and, in this regard, requests the Secretary General to take immediate steps to decrease substantially the persistently high vacancy rate which negatively affects programme delivery in the Commission

The unspent balance related to the downsizing of the Mission, which resulted in an actual average vacancy rate of 7 per cent compared to the budgeted vacancy rate of 2 per cent.

Nevertheless, the Tribunal will review the vacancy rates on a regular basis.

108. Recalls paragraph 123 of its resolution 54 249, in which it requested the Secretary General to take the necessary measures, as a matter of priority, to achieve a vacancy rate of no more than 5 per cent

The freeze has had a negative impact on efforts to reduce vacancy rates.

While the application of a delayed deployment factor in respect of additional troops resulted in the overall reduction of requirements, in particular for troop costs, by approximately 5 per cent, the actual vacancy rate for the period was 0.6 per cent.

The actual vacancy rate as at 31 December 2004 being 14 per cent, the Advisory Committee is of the opinion that a change in the cost parameters for computing cost estimates is not warranted at this time.

The Committee was informed that the overall vacancy rate in 2004 was 11.7 per cent, with a 15.5 per cent rate for staff in the Professional and higher categories and 9.2 per cent for staff in the General Service and related categories.

109. Expresses its deep concern that the Economic Commission for Africa is still suffering from a significantly high vacancy rate at the Professional level, and requests the Secretary General to ensure that all posts budgeted for the biennium 2002 2003 are filled

(308 posts) 1 P 5, 3 P 4 (1 P 4d),

In fact, any savings realized as the result of high vacancy rates would have been returned to Member States.

The vacancy rate for professional posts at the Economic Commission for Africa was too high.

Requirements for additional civilian police personnel are to be accommodated from within currently approved resources, in view of prevailing vacancy rates.

The Advisory Committee was informed that the Tribunal had made every effort to improve vacancy rates during the biennium 2004 2005.

Moreover, the persistent high vacancy rate makes it difficult to assess the needs for any particular organizational unit.

A summary of posts, incumbency levels and vacancy rates as at 30 September 2005 is provided in the table below.

Schedule 8 of A 60 572 contains information on average vacancy rates by budget section.

The Peacekeeping Service undertook a number of audits, including of procurement, vacancy rates and the state of discipline at various missions.

The unspent balance of 279,800 under this heading is attributable to the delayed deployment of military observers (while the budgeted provisions reflected a 10 per cent delayed deployment factor, the actual vacancy rate for the reporting period averaged 12.4 per cent).

The average temperature is lower than that of the country, the average humidity is higher (7 800 mm year.

(b) any right or interest of the State in movable or immovable property arising by way of succession, gift or bona vacantia or

The unutilized balance of 3,233,000 under this heading is attributable to the delayed deployment of civilian police personnel (while budgeted provisions reflected a 10 per cent delayed deployment factor, the actual vacancy rate for the reporting period averaged 33.1 per cent).

ABR Available bit rate a minimum guaranteed rate is specified.

Second, the rate of increase is double for women compared to that of men.

The Committee notes from the supplementary information that the vacancy rates of civilian personnel as at 31 August 2005 were as follows